Working to develop a school based multi-component intervention with Indian youths to care for their emotional wellbeing/improve their schools wellbeing culture.

Leeds, UK/Bangalore, India
Joined May 2021
The SAMA team would like to thank everyone who attended our dissemination event in NIMHANS 🤝 You can read more about it in our latest blog: sama.org.uk/blog/gr1smzwh42d…
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Importance of #MentalHealth awareness, support in schools critical to foster demographic dividend that India has. @NIMHANS_BLR organised @_ProjectSAMA with experts including @EduMinOfIndia @UniversityLeeds @LSHTM @TMirzoev to better understand how to do this. Happy to be a part.
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📣Project SAMA final dissemination event Professor Tolib Mirzoev and Dr Poornima Bhola presenting findings from Project SAMA. @NIMHANS_BLR @UniversityLeeds #projectSAMA #mentahealth #adolescentmentalhealth #NIMHANS
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📣Project SAMA final dissemination event Thank you to everyone involved in our highly productive and engaging interactive sessions. @NIMHANS_BLR @UniversityLeeds #projectSAMA #mentahealth #adolescentmentalhealth #NIMHANS
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📣Project SAMA final dissemination event📣 Today the Project SAMA team presented on what we have learned and what our findings mean for adolescent mental health in NIMHANS. @NIMHANS_BLR @UniversityLeed #projectSAMA #mentahealth #adolescentmentalhealth #NIMAHNS
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The SAMA team had an incredible time at the Karolinska Institutet and UNICEF joint conference on child and adolescent mental health 'bold ideas for brighter futures' in Stockholm, Sweden🤝 You can read more about it on our blog: sama.org.uk/blog/b0u4lgqx97k…
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Top tips for SAMA To watch the full youtube video follow: youtube.com/watch?v=wqfsOA1r…
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We asked some of the young people involved in SAMA to tell us how SAMA helped them. Here is what they had to say: #mentalhealth #SAMA #mentalhealthresearch
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What does SAMA mean to us? We asked the research team to each summarise their experience of SAMA in one word.
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How did SAMA help you? Here is what some of the young people involved in the SAMA programme thought about SAMA
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Professor Peter Fonagy discusses the importance of 'building' the minds of young people and the potential impacts of verbal abuse To read the full article follow: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Meeting with Youth Advisory Board Members of the @_ProjectSAMA on 17th December 2023. Thank you all for your contributions to the project.
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The effects of burnout are felt by many professionals worldwide. In this blog we take a deeper look into how teacher burnout can lead to an increase in corporal punishment and how we can decrease this negative consequence. You can read the full blog: sama.org.uk/blog/sqgfbfa6dto…
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Great to see this, and excellent first author leadership from @AfiIAm at @GhCoPS! @_ProjectSAMA @Siobhan_HJ
Our paper on #implementationgaps in the #Ghana Adolescent Health Service and Strategy (2016-2020) takes a deep dive into contextual issues that led to implementation challenges in the delivery of #ASRH & #AMH. Read at frontiersin.org/articles/10.… @AfiIAm @TMirzoev @IreneAgyepong
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Gratitude in action!🌟The SAMA team orchestrated a heartfelt event to express appreciation to our dedicated SAMA Snehitharus (lay counsellors) in @_ProjectSAMA. A day filled with learning, shared experiences and acknowledging their incredible contributions.
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Professor Peter Fonagy discusses the impacts of verbal abuse on children, showing that it causes many long term problems for the, including self harm.   To read the full article follow: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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"Navigating adolescence: School plays a pivotal role, but stress is a challenge. Discover student perspectives on managing stress in their short film: youtube.com/watch?v=Xrv-R-np… #AdolescentWellBeing
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⭐️Exciting Update from SAMA! The SAMA team had an incredible time at the 17th Biennial National Conference of the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2023. #SAMAatIACAM2023
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Our team presented a symposium on innovative Participatory methods in research with children and adolescents. Exploring co-production 👭, the Youth Advisory Board, and participatory videos in SAMA🎥. #ResearchInnovation #YouthMentalHealth
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Have you read our latest SAMA blog? In this blog we: 🌟 Discuss a paper outlining strategies enhancing the implementation of oh mental health prevention programmes in schools 🌟Discuss what strategies we found worked in SAMA To read: sama.org.uk/blog/strategies-…
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